Tie-anchoring rail-chair.



A. G. LIEBMANN. TIE ANGHORING RAIL CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27,1913. 1,126,526, Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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nan sxrns rarnn anion AUGUST G. LIEBMANN', OF BUTTE, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR-TO VIGNOLES RAIL CHAIR COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFDELAW'ARE.

TIE-ANCHOBING RAIL-CHAIR.

Application filed August 27, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it lmown that I, AUGUs'r Gr. LIEBMANN,citizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county ofSilverbow and State of Montana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tie-Anchoring Rail- Chairs, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to railway track appliance and particularly torail chairs.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a rail chairparticularly adapted to be used at curves though not necessarily limitedto this use, said chair being provided with means whereby the ties maybe anchored securely in the ballast to thereby prevent lateral creepingof the ties.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie-anchoring railchair so designed that when the ties do eventually creep out of lineafter some years of service, the anchors may be readily detached and thetrack realined and the anchors readjusted independently of the railholding means, that is to say, without disturbance of gage of the railin its fixed relation to the track structure.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for holding a railsecurely upon a tie, means for preventing wear of the tie, and means forpermitting lateral adjustment of the rail with relation to the tie.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved rail chairhaving means for holding a rail securely upon the chair in any desiredadjusted position, and tie-anchoring meansdetachably secured to thechair and adapted to engage ballast below the chair.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a tie, a rail thereon andthe improved rail chair and tie-anchoring device. Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the form illustrated Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. as, 1915.

Serial No. 787,005.

in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof,

the rail being in cross section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

Referring to these figures, A designates a tie of any ordinaryconstruction and B a rail of standard form. Disposed upon the tie is abed plate 2. This bed plate is preferably of rolled plate and is formedadjacent its ends with transversely extending corrugations 3constituting abutments, the walls of said corrugations being spaced fromeach other and extended upwardly. The side walls at of the corrugationsare slotted at 5, the slots extending vertically. The corners of the bedplate are formed with perforations for the passage of the screw spikes 6of any ordinary or suitable form which spikes act to hold the bed plateupon the upper face of the tie.

Disposed on each side of-the rail is a rail brace 7 which is angular inform. One leg of each rail brace extends vertically and bears at itsupper end beneath the head of the rail and at its lower end against thebase flange of the rail. The horizontal leg of each rail brace extendsthrough the slot 5 in the corresponding corrugation 3 and is pro videdwith a plurality of openings 8. A bracing web 9 is disposed at theintersection of the vertical leg with the horizontal leg of each brace.The under side of each rail brace is cut away at 10 so that the underface of the rail brace will fit over and have the contour of the upperface of the rail base. For the purpose of holding the rail braces inlaterally adjusted position, 1 provide bolts 11 which .passlongitudinally through the corrugations 3, each bolt being formed at oneend with a head and at the other end with screw threads for engagementwith a nut 12.

The anchors whereby the tie is held from shifting in the ballast aredisposed one at each end of each corrugation 3. Each anchor comprises avertically disposed body 13,

the upper end of which is perforated for the passage of the adjacentbolt 11. The lower end of each body is formed with downwardly andinwardly extending spaced flanges 14, the upper edges of which areupwardly inclined as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The body of each anchor isformed with laterally projecting lugs 15, each of which has an inwardlyprojecting flange 16 extending beneath the bed plate, the bed platebeing wider than the tie so as to project beyond the tie and rest uponthe brackets formed by the flanges l6 and lugs 15. The flanges 16 notonly form brackets bearing against the under face of the bed plate, butalso form spacing members for engagement with the side faces of the tieand serve to space the anchoring members outward from the tie. As willbe seen from Fig. 2 the anchoring members are of such depth that theflanges 14 are disposed beneath the tie.

In practical use the rail B is supported upon the bed plate 2intermediate the corrugations or abutments 3. The rail braces are thendisposed one on each side of the rail with their horizontal legsextending through the slots 5. The anchoring members 13 are disposed ateach end of each corrugation and the bolts 11 are passed through theupper end of each anchoring member, through the adjacent corrugation 3and through one of the perforations 8. lVashers are of course interposedbetween the nuts 12 and the end of each corrugation 3.

If it is desired to adjust the rail laterally upon the bed plate, thebolts 11 are removed, the rail shifted and the bolts reinserted throughthe appropriate perforations 8, after which the nuts 12 are againtightened up. WVith the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, it willbe seen that the anchoring members will extend downwardly on each sideof the tie and beneath the tie and that they will engage in the ballastdisposed between the ties. Inasmuch as these anchoring members areclamped to the tie by means of the bolts 11, and are held from anyrotation or movement except with the tie, and project down into theballast, it is obvious that the tie can not be readily shifted in theballast. These anchors prevent lateral creeping of the ties to a certainextent, and if the ties should eventually creep out of line after someyears service, it is obvious that the anchors may be readily detached,the ties and rail shifted, the track relined and the anchors readjustedindependent of the rail holding means, that is to say, withoutdisturbance of gage of the rail in its fixed relation to the trackstructure.

At the present time where anchors are used to keep the track in line,said anchors are not detachable from the tie and hence when the trackgets out of line it is impossible to reline it. It is also plain thatwith the present invention it is possible to shift the rail within thechair without readjusting the anchors and without releasing the primaryfastenings 6. It is also obvious that by means of shims the rail may beraised any desired extent. One of these shims is illustrated beneath therail and is designated 17 The improved rail chair may be economicallymade, is very simple in construction, permits of the easy readjustmentof the anchors and independent adjustment of the rail and is entirelyeffective in practice to hold the ties from creeping.

It may be pointed out incidentally that this rail chair conforms to therequirements of the final. report of the Block Signal and Train ControlBoard of .the Interstate Commerce Commission in that provision is madefor holding the rail from lateral or vertical thrust and against tippingthrust, and that provision is made for shimming the rail.

While the device is shown applied to a wooden tie it will be obviousthat it may be applied to other forms of ties, particularly in view ofthe fact that the primary fastenings holding the bed plate to the tie donot need to be loosened in order to secure a proper adjustment of therail to gage. IVhere wooden ties are used, every adjustment of the railrequires respiking. This shortens the lift of the tie to such an extentthat it is not economically possible to use treated ties. By using myimproved rail chair, the life of the tie is so greatly increased thattreated ties may be used.

hat I claim is:

1. A rail chair comprising a bed plate having upstanding transverselyextending hollow abutments, each abutment being vertically slottedtransverse to the length of the abutment, rail braces having portionsthereof extending through the slots in the abutments, and fasteningdevices passing longitudinally through the hollow abutments and eachthrough a perforation in the corresponding rail brace.

2. A rail chair adapted to rest upon a tie, rail-engaging membersengaged with said rail chair, and tie-anchoring devices disposed on eachside of the chair and extending below and beneath the tie.

3. A rail chair adapted to rest upon a tie, rail-engaging membersmounted upon said rail chair, and tie-anchoring devices disposed on eachside of the rail chair detachably secured thereto and dependingtherefrom and extending beneath the tie.

4. A rail chair adapted to rest upon a tie, rail braces engaged withsaid rail chair, and tie-anchoring devices depending from the rail chairand detachably secured thereto, each anchoring device comprising adownwardly extending member formed with an angularly projecting flangeat its lower end and having means engaging the other end to preventlateral movement of the anchoring device.

5. A rail chair adapted to rest upon a tie, rail braces engaged withsaid rail chair, and tie-anchoring devices depending from the rail chairand detachably secured thereto, each anchoring device comprising aclownwardly extending member having an angularly projecting flange atits lower end and provided intermediate its ends with an inwardlyprojecting bracket extendmg beneath and engaged with the chair.

6. The combination with a rail chair having upstanding abutments, oftie-anchoring devices disposed at each end of each abutment, eachtie-anchoring device having a portion thereof extending beneath the railchair and braced thereagainst, and a bolt passing through each abutmentand through the corresponding anchoring devices.

7 The combination with a tie and a rail, of a rail chair thereoncomprising a plate having upstanding abutments at its opposite ends, andtie-anchoring devices disposed at each end of each abutment, eachtie-anchoring device comprising a depending member perforated at itsupper end, an intermediate portion of said member having inwardlyprojecting lugs extending beneath the chair and bearing against the sideface of the tie to space the member therefrom, and bolts passing throughthe abutments and through the perforations of the anchoring devices.

8. A rail chair of the character described comprising a bed plateadapted to rest upon a tie, the bed plate being formed with transversecorrugations adjacent its opposite ends, said corrugations forminghollow abutments, each of said corrugations being vertically slotted,angular rail braces each having a horizontal leg projecting through theslot in the corresponding abutment and provided with a plurality ofperforations, tie anchoring members disposed one at each end of eachabutment and each comprising a depending member having an angularlydisposed flange, and having lugs projecting inward and adapted to bearagainst the face of a tie and bearing against the under face of said bedplate, and bolts passing one through each abutment and through aperforation in the adjacent rail brace and through the upper ends of thecorresponding anchoring devices.

9. The combination with a tie, of a rail supporting member mountedthereon, and detachable ballast engaging devices supported one on eachside of the rail supporting member and extending downwardly on the outerside faces of the tie.

10. The combination with a tie, of detachable ballast engaging anchoringdevices mounted thereon, each of said devices eX- tending down below thetie having a laterally projecting flange and being formed with spacingmembers engaging the tie and spacing the device from the tie.

11. A rail chair including a bed plate having a seat, adjustable railsecuring members adapted to cooperate with a rail for securing the railin different positions of vertical and lateral adjustment with respectto the seat, and tie anchors cooperating with the chair and removable topermit realinement of rail without disturbing the gage of the track orthe bed plate.

12. A rail chair including a bed plate having a seat, adjustable railbraces adapted to cooperate with a rail for holding said rail inditfcrent positions of vertical and lateral adjustment with respect tothe bed plate, means for holding the rail braces in laterally andvertically shifted positions, and tie anchors coiiperating with thechair and removable to permit realineinent of the rail withoutdisturbing the bed plate.

18. A. rail chair including a bed plate, means mounted on the bed platefor holding a i in different positions of lateral and verticaladjustment with respect thereto, and removable tie anchoring devicescooperating with the chair, whereby the ties may be realined in trackwithout disturbance of adjustment of rails in their relation to gage.

ll. A rail chair including a bed plate having upstanding abutments,adjustable rail braces, locking mechanism cooperating with the railbraces and abutments for holding a rail in dilferent positions oflateral and vertical adjustment with respect to the bed plate, andremovable tie anchoring devices depending from the abutments and held inposition thereon by the locking mechanism.

15. A rail chair including a bed plate having upstanding abutmentsspaced apart a distance greater than the width of a rail base to permita rail to be adjusted both latorally and vertically with respect to thebed plate, rail braces cooperating with the rail and abutments, tieanchoring devices depending from the abutments, and fastening devicesextending through the abutments and engaging the tie anchoring devicesand braces.

16. The combination witha tie and a rail, of a chair having a bed plateof greater width than the tie and provided with upstanding abutments,rail braces co-acting with the rail and abutments for holding the railin different positions of lateral and vertical adjustment with respectto the bed plate, tie anchoring devices depending from the abutments andprovided with flanges supporting the projecting edges of the bed plate,and fastening devices extending through the anchoring devices andabutments and engaging the rail braces.

17. A rail chair including a bed plate, means for securing a rail on thebed plate or on a shim in different positions of lateral and verticaladjustment with respect to the bed plate, and anchoring membersdepending from the chair and detachably secured thereto, whereby theymay be removed to 16 permit realinement of the rail Without disturbinggage of track or said bed plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUST G. LIEBMANN. [L. s] WVitnesses:

J. D. YOAKLEY, FREDERIG B. WRIGHT.

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Washington, D. G.

